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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:22:45 +0100 |
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"Tóth Attila" <atoth@××××××××××.hu> wrote: |
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> I have two hardened gentoo systems I'm running for many years now. |
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> I've installed the personal server in 2004. The laptop started in |
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> 2005. Now the time has come, to change to 64bit. I can't circumwent |
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> it. You know it means I'm rolling these systems for many years |
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> without the need to reinstall! The server would just go to primary |
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> school now as a human being... I must say: hardened rocks! |
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> First I'll perform an install for the laptop. Later I'll go on with |
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> the server, when it'll get upgraded... |
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> I see some hardened stage3s from 2011 June on the mirrors. Should I |
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> start with them or rather convert a normal install? Are there any |
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> more recent hardened stages available online? |
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> I will run a proprietary Linux software, which is still a 32bit |
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> binary. The software is statically linked, so it needs no other |
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> libraries at all. All other softwares I plan to run are 64bit |
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> (including libreoffice and firefox). What would you suggest? May I |
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> aim for a no-multilib install? Should I still go for regular multilib |
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> setup? Is it enough to enable 32bit compatibility for the kernel and |
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> let the whole system be 64bit otherwise? Are there any known serious |
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> obstacles with no-multilib? |
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> Thank you for sharing your opinion: |
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> Dw. |
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If it is just the one program, I would install a 32bit chroot |
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(something I still need to do myself for similar reasons) |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |